Politifact.com: Statements from Bee Moorheadhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/bee-moorhead/Statements from Bee Moorhead reviewed by Politifact.comen-usTue, 30 Apr 2013 06:00:00 -0400Bee Moorhead:
Says more Austinites voted in the city&rsquo;s 1973 election featuring a mayor&rsquo;s race than in the city&rsquo;s most recent mayoral election.
http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2013/apr/30/bee-moorhead/austin-resident-says-turnout-higher-1973-city-elec/The Truth-o-Meter says: True | Austin resident says turnout higher for 1973 city election than the latest mayoral election
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<p> Austin resident Bee Moorhead, attending a &quot;civic summit&quot; hosted by Austin&rsquo;s KLRU-TV, Channel 18, said in a Twitter message posted from the scene: &quot;More people voted in 1973 election when Roy Butler was elected mayor than in the most recent Austin mayoral election.&quot; Did more voters turn out out for the election involving Butler, who served as mayor from 1971 to 1975, than the May 2012 election giving Mayor Lee Leffingwell another term? After all, Austin kaboomed in size and population in the intervening decades. <br ...</p> <a href="/texas/statements/2013/apr/30/bee-moorhead/austin-resident-says-turnout-higher-1973-city-elec/">>> More</a>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:00:00 -0400http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2013/apr/30/bee-moorhead/austin-resident-says-turnout-higher-1973-city-elec/